Gou Zaixiu Immortal World Gets A Wife

Chapter 81: Shanggu City Auction (Seeking First Subscription!!!)

Under Liu Xiaoxian's arrangement, Li Guanxuan and Qin Jiyue stayed near the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion.

During this time, Li Guanxuan had nothing else to do. Besides absorbing and refining immortal energy from the sun and moon every day, he would also give guidance to the first-level symbol masters in the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion.

Qin Jiyue, having obtained a second-grade medium-quality wind jade bracelet, would accompany Liu Xiaoxian to the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion in her free time, brushing up on her favorability and displaying her filial nature. She hoped that her master would take care of her husband in the future.

On the eve of the auction.

Today, a ninth-level Qi Refining sword cultivator in the Full Kidney stage was shamelessly battling the white-haired witch.

The white-haired witch's every move and gesture caused mountains to gather and water vapor to condense. With a disdainful snort, she crushed everything with her martial arts Divine Ability, "Surging Waves."

The sword cultivator exclaimed, "Truly worthy of a D-grade powerhouse, so terrifying!" He then raised his hands to block the approaching mountains, and with a thought, his sharp sword was unsheathed, displaying the sword cultivator's Divine Ability, "Rainbow Pierces the Sun."

"Hus...husband...today, master...told me..." Qin Jiyue stammered.

The white-haired witch, a D-grade powerhouse, was under fierce attack. She bit her lip lightly and spoke hesitantly, "You...wait for me to finish, okay?"

Seeing that she seemed to have something important to say, the sword cultivator stopped his spellcasting and became a captive bird for a moment.

"Alright, go ahead and speak," the sword cultivator said.

The white-haired witch took a deep breath, her forehead glistening with sweat. She adjusted her breath and slowly began to speak:

"Today, master told me that Fang Xingzhi has already killed a Foundation Building early-stage elder of the Yushou You Family, which can be considered as venting your anger for you."

"Where was he killed?" Li Guanxuan asked in astonishment.

"Outside Hua Jing Immortal City," Qin Jiyue said in a light tone.

"He's not afraid of death, is he?" Li Guanxuan was truly surprised.

The Yushou You Family was the ruler of Hua Jing Immortal City and a vassal of the Hua Family. Fang Xingzhi, as a demonic cultivator, dared to kill an elder of a vassal family of the Hua Family. Even if the Hua Family didn't send anyone to pursue him, he must have ended up on their blacklist.

In the future, whenever a Foundation Building cultivator from Hua Jing Immortal City encountered Fang Xingzhi, they would undoubtedly kill him without hesitation and bring his head to the Hua Family for a reward.

Even Master Liu Xiaoxian said so.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yushou You Family was a vassal of the Hua Family, she would have long killed the patriarch of the You Family and the so-called You Shaoneng, venting her anger for her beloved disciple.

But no matter what...

Fang Xingzhi was able to handle things, and when he had something to do, he would do it for real.

"He's a demonic cultivator, so it's completely understandable for him to do such things. After all, demonic cultivators are even more bloodthirsty and cruel than evil cultivators. When the killing intent arises, they will definitely dig a hole right there and bury people in it," Qin Jiyue said slowly, gradually recovering. She smiled and said, "There's another good news, would you like to hear it, husband?"

As she spoke, Qin Jiyue blew into Li Guanxuan's ear.

Li Guanxuan raised an eyebrow. Although he was currently a captive bird, it didn't mean he had no temper...

He immediately bumped into the cage a few times.

Causing the cage to shake and tremble continuously.

"Stop, stop, stop... husband, please stop, I was wrong," the white-haired witch pleaded, her face pale with fear as the whip techniques and sword techniques were about to strike.

"What good news, tell me quickly," the sword cultivator said.

The sword cultivator held the moon in his hands, standing proudly, occasionally displaying his grappling techniques, leaving behind several red marks.

"You Shaoneng has come to Shanggu City," the white-haired witch said with half-closed eyes, exhaling fragrant breaths. "Master said that if you want to kill him, she can help set up a trap and ensure that the You Family won't find out anything."

Qin Jiyue understood Li Guanxuan very well.

Ever since she learned about the couple "Chen Yinshan" and "Zhao Guili" from her sister Wen Rongxin, she knew that as long as You Shaoneng was alive, her husband would personally kill this beast one day.

"What is You Shaoneng's cultivation level now?" Li Guanxuan asked with narrowed eyes.

Speaking of it, his hatred towards the Yu Beast Traveling Family is entirely due to You Shaoneng.

The reason for dealing with the Yu Beast Traveling Family is also to take down You Shaoneng's backing, in order to better kill You Shaoneng.

"Peak of Qi Refining."

Qin Jiyue replied, "Master specially took out five Foundation Building Pills to support this auction hosted by the Lord of Shanggu City. At first, it was also to ease the relationship with the Lord of Shanggu City. After all, when opening a shop on someone else's territory, you have to consider their face..."

Unexpectedly, when You Shaoneng heard that Myriad Manifestations Pavilion had taken out five Foundation Building Pills with a success rate of thirty percent, he immediately rushed to Shanggu City from afar, hoping that the ancestor of the Yu family could help him bid for one."

"Is Master sure about this? Won't it cause dissatisfaction from the Hua family? The Hua family has a Gold Core cultivator..."

Li Guanxuan confirmed again.

He also didn't want these things to attract the attention of the Gold Core cultivator, as it would only put him in a more dangerous situation.

Qin Jiyue cleared his throat, pinched his throat, and imitated Liu Xiaoxian's tone of speech, saying lightly,

"Peak of Qi Refining, if I die, who would care?"

Hearing this, Li Guanxuan's eyes flickered, greatly moved.

He was full of gratitude towards his master, Liu Xiaoxian.

Not only did she generously help him, but she also helped him solve many things. Now she was willing to plan against the Yu Beast Traveling Family and the Hua family, just to let her disciple personally kill a mere Peak of Qi Refining.

"I owe my master too much..."

Li Guanxuan sighed.

"What should we do? Should we ask Master to help set up a trap? I have to give her an answer tomorrow."

"Let's consider it for the long term and discuss it later."

"..."

Suddenly, the two of them interacted again.

...

The next day.

Li Guanxuan entered the auction venue as a symbol master of Myriad Manifestations Pavilion, without any disguise or concealment.

Because when he went to apply for the entrance token, two late-stage Foundation Building cultivators used magical tools to inspect and register his identity. Any disguise or concealment would be useless.

In addition, Liu Xiaoxian told him that the Lord of Shanggu City intended to meet him...

This also made Li Guanxuan more certain that the Lord of Shanggu City was indeed trying to lure him out.

The interior of the auction venue was spacious and magnificent, highlighting its luxury.

The cushions on the ground had the effect of blocking divine sense exploration, and each VIP stand could only see the silhouettes of people, unable to see their true appearance.

Soon, the figure of an old man slowly appeared on the auction stage. He had a smiling face, kind and gentle, giving people a sense of peace, as if such an old man could never deceive anyone.

In the third VIP stand, Liu Xiaoxian calmly introduced to the alchemists, symbol masters, and weapon masters of Myriad Manifestations Pavilion,

"This is the Lord of Shanggu City's advisor, named Ge Wen, with a late-stage Foundation Building cultivation. He has extraordinary intelligence, strategy, and means."

Li Guanxuan knew in his heart that his master was saying this for his sake, telling him to avoid too much interaction with this person in the future.

Ge Wen was dressed in a Confucian robe, with all his white hair tucked into a turban. He slightly bowed to the crowd, smiling and saying,

"I am Ge Wen, an advisor to the Lord of the City. Today, I am responsible for presiding over this auction. If there is any rudeness, I hope you fellow daoists can forgive me.

I believe you have also heard that this auction is mainly focused on 'Foundation Building' items, so anything below Foundation Building will not appear."

Then, Ge Wen went on to explain the auction rules and so on.

If anyone disrupts the auction order and deliberately raises prices, Shanggu City will immediately take action to stop it.

For serious cases, they will be killed on the spot.

"I am used to being long-winded. Thank you fellow daoists for patiently listening... Now, let's officially begin the auction. The first item is... a Foundation Building Pill crafted by a mysterious alchemist from Myriad Manifestations Pavilion..."

At this point, Ge Wen deliberately paused and looked towards the third VIP stand, smiling friendly as he cupped his hands and said,

"A Foundation Building Pill with a success rate of thirty percent."

Upon hearing this, the cultivators in the venue became spirited.

Many Qi Refining peak cultivators stared intently at the small bottle on the auction stage, wishing to rush up and snatch it.

"The effect of the Foundation Building Pill doesn't need me to explain. In addition to this one, there are four more, with a starting price of seven thousand low-grade spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than one hundred low-grade spirit stones."

As soon as Ge Wen finished speaking, a cultivator raised his hand and shouted, "7100!"

"7500!"

"8000!"

...

The cultivators on the field kept bidding one after another, facing the three-in-ten chance of obtaining the Foundation Building Pill. Almost all the Qi Refining Peak cultivators fell into a frenzy state.

On the other hand, in the third VIP box, many alchemists, talismanists, and weapon refiners looked at each other, then their gazes fell on a few second-tier alchemists. They were secretly speculating who the mysterious alchemist mentioned by Ge Wen was.

"Could it be Alchemist Cai? Doesn't seem like it... If Old Cai could refine a Foundation Building Pill with a three-in-ten chance, he would have spread the news everywhere. Why is he so low-key?"

"There have been rumors outside that the alchemist who can refine a Foundation Building Pill with a three-in-ten chance is probably a second-tier top-grade alchemist. After all, third-tier alchemists rarely have the leisure to do so."

"There are only four second-tier top-grade alchemists present. Who could it be?"

...

Liu Xiaoxian read the thoughts of the crowd and couldn't help but secretly laugh when she saw them guessing each other. Who would have thought that the person who could refine a Foundation Building Pill with a three-in-ten chance would be an alchemist who was about to advance to the second-tier middle-grade?

This alchemist was also her only beloved disciple, Liu Xiaoxian.

Liu Xiaoxian secretly glanced at Li Guanxuan and found that this guy was also showing off his acting skills, chatting with the alchemists to build relationships.

Hmph, this kid is quite cunning, but fortunately, he is filial... Liu Xiaoxian muttered to herself.

In the end, the Foundation Building Pill was sold for a price of 10,200 low-grade spirit stones.

The second and third pills were also sold for prices slightly above 10,000 low-grade spirit stones.

By the time the fourth pill came up, the price soared directly to 13,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Obviously, many Qi Refining Peak cultivators were waiting for the later Foundation Building Pills, but they didn't expect others to be waiting as well.

For the fifth pill, the final price reached 15,000 low-grade spirit stones, setting a new record.

After the Foundation Building Pills, an umbrella-shaped sword, a second-tier top-grade spiritual weapon, was auctioned with a starting price of 6,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"6100!"

Li Guanxuan was the first to bid.

Liu Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment. What did Li Guanxuan want with this umbrella-shaped sword?

But she quickly remembered that Qin Jiyue seemed to be good at using this type of spiritual weapon. Li Guanxuan must have bought it to give to his wife.

"6300!"

"6400..."

"7000!"

Li Guanxuan didn't give others a chance to bid and raised the price to 7000.

The alchemists, talismanists, and weapon refiners in the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion all looked at Li Guanxuan in surprise.

This Li talismanist...

Is he having a conflict with spirit stones?

Liu Xiaoxian, on the other hand, didn't think much of it. It was well-known that her beloved disciple doted on his wife. Even if he added a premium of one or two thousand low-grade spirit stones, he wouldn't frown.

After all, there were a thousand middle-grade spirit stones in her beloved disciple's storage bag.

"7100!"

"8000!"

Li Guanxuan showed no intention of backing down.

"Fellow Daoist is a weapon refiner? If Fellow Daoist is a weapon refiner, I won't compete."

A voice came from the fifth VIP box, inquiring.

"Yes, that's right," Li Guanxuan responded.

"Eight thousand five hundred."

The fifth VIP box smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist is not honest. Myriad Manifestations Pavilion, which has been immersed in the business world for many years, how could they have any instrument cultivators?"

"Nine thousand."

Li Guanxuan said, "Fellow Daoist also knows that Myriad Manifestations Pavilion is engaged in business, and should also understand that what Myriad Manifestations Pavilion lacks the least is spirit stones."

After speaking, Li Guanxuan winked at the cultivators of Myriad Manifestations Pavilion and lowered his voice, saying, "This is my last spirit stone. If this person raises the price again, I hope my fellow Daoists can lend me some spirit stones... We can't lose to the other side in momentum."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh or cry. It turned out that Master Li was pretending to be rich.

Liu Xiaoxian snorted coldly in her heart. This kid wants to play it safe and not attract too much attention, so he said this.

"Nine thousand five hundred."

"Ten thousand."

However, after Li Guanxuan bid ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, laughter came from the fifth VIP box.

"Forget it, I don't really like this umbrella sword. I'll let Fellow Daoist have it."

Li Guanxuan was stunned. Was this person trying to disgust him?

Li Guanxuan didn't get angry either. He turned to Liu Xiaoxian and asked, "Shopkeeper Liu, is this person deliberately causing trouble and driving up the price?"

Liu Xiaoxian immediately became angry and slapped the table, questioning, "At first, he said he would let it go, then he raised the price by two thousand spirit stones and said he didn't like it. What is he playing at? Ge Wen, what does this mean? Give me an explanation!"

"Shopkeeper Liu, calm down, calm down..."

Ge Wen quickly arched his hand and a sharpness flashed in his murky eyes as he looked towards the fifth VIP box. His tone was cold as he said, "Do you not take the rules of Shanggu City seriously? Consider this a warning. If you do it again, you will be expelled from Shanggu City."

"Sorry, sorry, I just didn't like the high price. It's my fault, it's all my fault for not explaining it clearly... Fellow Daoist, please forgive me."

An apologetic voice came from the fifth VIP box, but there was no sincerity in the tone.

Ge Wen snorted coldly and said, "Second-grade high-grade magic weapon, the umbrella sword, the price is adjusted to eight thousand low-grade spirit stones. The bid is from the third VIP box, and the fifth VIP box is not allowed to participate in the auction of this item."

After this incident, the cultivators who had not participated in the bidding remained silent.

In the end, Li Guanxuan bought the umbrella sword for eight thousand low-grade spirit stones.

"The third item, a second-grade high-grade spiritual pet..."

The auction continued, but these things were not as attractive to Li Guanxuan anymore.

Soon, a female cultivator came to the third VIP box and delivered the umbrella sword.

After Li Guanxuan confirmed it, he paid eighty medium-grade spirit stones.

As for the conversion, Shanggu City would take care of it.

After a series of techniques, talismans, and hundreds of years of spiritual medicine, the auction of the second-stage late-stage monster core finally arrived.

"This is the monster core of a second-stage late-stage Green Lightning Panther. It has multiple attributes. The starting price is one thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than fifty low-grade spirit stones!"

After Ge Wen finished speaking, his gaze swept over the third VIP box as if he had some hidden meaning.

Through his research on the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion's Foundation Building Pill, he discovered that the mysterious alchemist had great accomplishments in alchemy.

And a thirty percent success rate was definitely not the limit of the mysterious alchemist. As long as the material quality was good, the other party could even refine a Foundation Building Pill with a success rate of thirty-five percent!

This was also why Ge Wen suggested that the city lord of Shanggu City should obtain several second-stage late-stage monster cores...

After all, Shanggu City was the one who knew the identities of everyone present the best.

If there was an alchemist from Myriad Manifestations Pavilion bidding to buy, they would probably be able to gradually identify the mysterious alchemist.

"One thousand six hundred."

A voice came from the third VIP box!

Ge Wen's spirits lifted, but then his expression became somewhat strange.

Was it him?

(End of this chapter)